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Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Reader Insecure Default Permissions
Secunia Advisory: SA21016
Release Date: 2006-07-12
Popularity: 14,191 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Apple Macintosh OS X

Software:Adobe Acrobat 6.x
Adobe Reader 6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3452


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions or gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to insecure default file permissions being set on the installed files and folders. This allows any non-privileged users on the system to remove the files or replace them with malicious binaries.

The vulnerability has been reported for Adobe Acrobat 6.0.4 and Adobe Reader 6.0.4 for Mac OS. Prior versions may be also affected.

Solution:
Update to Adobe Acrobat 6.0.5 or Adobe Reader 6.0.5.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-08.html


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